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Georgetown senior post/forward Jaelyn Knight is a repeat selection on the Texas Girls Coaches Association Class 5A All-State Team and the Texas Association of Basketball Coaches All-Region III-5A Team. The 5-foot-11 Knight, who helped GHS to a perfect 12-0 run in District 18-5A and a trip to […]

Georgetown junior McCall Hampton received the prestigious state girls Christian Athlete of the Year Award for 2018 on Sunday, March 10, at the 30th annual Christian Athlete of the Year for Texas ceremony held by Lay Witness for Christ International at the DFW Airport Marriott in Irving. […]

When 14 of the 16 schools in the girls division of the 40th annual Jack Frost Tournament qualified for either the University Interscholastic League or Texas Association of Private and Parochial Schools state playoffs, the question arose about the overall quality  of this past season’s field. With […]

Georgetown Lady Eagles coach Rhonda Farney said it was a first for here highly successful basketball program — three seniors signing their letters of intent on the first day of the signing period. On Monday afternoon at Eagle Gym before a large crowd of family, teammates, friends […]

The high school basketball season is fast-breaking toward climactic state championships and the postseason presentation of honors is tipping off. Georgetown Lady Eagles are off to a fast start in that category after a season in which they swept the District 18-5A championship with a perfect 12-0 […]

Magnolia West wasn’t a good match up for Georgetown from the opening tip off until the final buzzer in Friday night’s Region III-5A area playoff game at Hearne. The Lady Mustangs were taller — three 6-1 starters — quicker, skilled, disciplined and on a mission after having […]

Georgetown’s Rhonda Farney and Magnolia West’s Sarah Simmons both have indicated that they are not  expecting anything other than a challenging encounter when their teams collide in a Region III-5A area playoff at 7 p.m. Friday in Hearne. Farney and her staff have had the Lady Mustangs […]

Monday’s 7 p.m. Class 5A girls bi-district game at Liberty Hill between District 18-5A champion Georgetown (22-10) and Marble Falls (14-18), the fourth-place team  from 17-5A, has the potential to be more than the stereotypical first-round battle between between a No. 1 and No. 4 seed. Finding […]

For the 29th consecutive season under head coach Rhonda Farney, the Georgetown Lady Eagles are headed to the UIL State Basketball Playoffs. Using a smothering defense to dominate East View, 45-18, on Tuesday night, the Lady Eagles (22-10) completed an unbeaten 12-0 run to the District 18-5A […]

Theoretically, sub-varsity teams in athletics have the same purpose as the advancement through other educational levels and academic disciplines in a school system — sharpening individual skills to be successful and, if possible, developing winning attitudes to enhance the chance of producing or retaining a winning group […]